Avenging His Elect

And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?

Luke 18:7

It is important for us to embrace a whole God, a whole Bible, and a whole Christ. We often emphasize, and rightly so, the Love, Mercy and Grace of God, and speak of them particularly as Christ manifests them. We ought also to remember the Justice of God, of which the Scripture has much to say. Our text for today proceeds from the Mouth of Christ Himself. Having articulated the parable of the unjust judge, He concludes with, ‘And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?’ We want to concentrate upon the opening words of this text. ‘And shall God not avenge His Own elect…?’ Here is a blessing and benefit of adoption which we have not yet considered. God is, as Abraham said, ‘The Judge of all the earth.’ He will, ‘do right.’ This bears upon His handling of those who do evil to His children. Christ goes so far as to say, ‘If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.’ We may often feel like Habakkuk, that ‘the law is slack, and judgment never goes forth.’ Yet Christ declares that He will call the wicked into account, especially those who prey upon His people. This affords us great comfort, especially if we have endured the oppression of those evil ones. As the children of God, we rest in the assurance that God, will indeed, ‘avenge His Own elect.’ We are His children. He will act on our behalf.

O, Great God of Truth,
we praise You that You are indeed the Judge of all the earth.
We rejoice that You will do Judgment and Justice,
and will infallibly avenge all of Your elect.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning